Bug 731958

Summary:	www-client/firefox-68.10.0 depends on dev-lang/python:2.7 which is sad
Product:	Gentoo Linux	Reporter:	aperion
Component:	Current packages	Assignee:	Mozilla Gentoo Team <mozilla>
Status:	RESOLVED DUPLICATE
Severity:	normal
Priority:	Normal
Version:	unspecified
Hardware:	All
OS:	Linux
Whiteboard:
Package list:		Runtime testing required:	---

Description aperion 2020-07-09 16:06:40 UTC

I have `<dev-lang/python-3.0` in my `package.mask`. Now I cannot install the firefox package.

Reproducible: Always

Steps to Reproduce:
1. mask <dev-lang/python-3.0
2. emerge firefox

Actual Results:  
!!! All ebuilds that could satisfy "dev-lang/python:2.7[ncurses,sqlite,ssl,threads(+)]" have been masked.
!!! One of the following masked packages is required to complete your request:
- dev-lang/python-2.7.18::gentoo (masked by: package.mask)
/etc/portage/package.mask:
# do not want


(dependency required by "www-client/firefox-68.10.0::gentoo" [ebuild])
(dependency required by "firefox" [argument])
For more information, see the MASKED PACKAGES section in the emerge
man page or refer to the Gentoo Handbook.


Expected Results:  
success!

The dependency seems accidental. If it is indeed required, please disregard.

Comment 1 Ionen Wolkens gentoo-dev

2020-07-09 16:56:22 UTC

firefox's build system needs both python2 and python3 at once last I know of (been mid-transition for a while). It at least has no py2.7 dependencies beyond the interpreter given it bundles everything and uses virtualenv, so 2_7 in PYTHON_TARGETS isn't needed on anything for it.

Comment 2 Thomas Deutschmann (RETIRED) gentoo-dev

2020-07-09 17:57:48 UTC

Firefox-68.x will never be able to get build with just python3.

*** This bug has been marked as a duplicate of bug 698978 ***